Cait Elliott
Irish Elite Enduro Mountain Bike racer. Cycling and other adventures. Based in Zurich, Switzerland. I am also an architect. Follow @CaitElliott_mtbPersonal Sponsors
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Irish Marathon National Championships
I don’t want to write this blog post. The Irish marathon champs were on Sunday run by MBCC at the Ballyhoura trail centre. I really enjoyed this race last year and the course was similar again, a mixture of man-made … Continue reading
World Cup Val di Sole, Italy
The adventure continued after Czech when Mel and I flew from Brno to Milan for the final round of the World Cup series. We had a week to recover, acclimatise to some extreme heat and get to grips with another … Continue reading
World Cup – Nove Mesto na Morave, Czech Republic
The latest racing adventure was the 6th round of the World Cup Series, taking place in Nove Mesto na Morave in the Czech Republic. Mel Spath and I flew over from Ireland a couple of days before with time to … Continue reading
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Ballinrobe 2 Day road race
I was selected to ride for the Irish Road Development Team at the weekend in the Ballinrobe 2 day in Galway – a race I did last year and really enjoyed. Saturday Stage 1 – 82km, 5 KOH primes This … Continue reading
Olympic Test Event – Hadleigh Farm
On Sunday I had the privilege of wearing the Ireland colours to compete in a test race for the Olympic mountain biking on the 2012 Olympic course in Essex. An amazing opportunity to line up with such a small number … Continue reading
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Irish xc National Championships – Kilruddery
This year’s National Championships run by Robin Seymour and Team Worc really showed Ireland’s potential as a world class mountain biking venue. The race took place at Killrudery Estate in Wicklow, a place that is normally off limits to bikes, … Continue reading
Leinster Road Championships, Bunclody, Co. Wexford
The Leinster road championships was held in Bunclody on Sunday and with 3 laps of a rolling 26km circuit, it seemed like a good opportunity for some training and speed work. There was no separate women’s race and Mel and … Continue reading
British MBS – Margam Park
Having defeated the killer Shingles virus and enjoyed a race free weekend since Wasing, it was back to the UK on Sunday for the 4th round of the British series at Margam Park in Wales. The week leading up to … Continue reading
British MBS – Wasing Estate
British MBS at Wasing Estate in Reading, a course I hadn’t raced before and having heard it was fairly flat and uninteresting I wasn’t expecting to like it. However after a practice lap I was pleasantly surprised, not much climbing … Continue reading
Rás Dhun na nGall
Another weekend another adventure, this time 3 days of road racing in Ardara at the Ras Donegal. Mel and I loaded up the car and drove through a day of rare scorching heat in Ireland on Friday afternoon to find … Continue reading